EXAM 3 EXAMPLE QUESTIONS -- GEOG 111 (Kaldjian)
Example questions of the type you might expect to see on the THIRD exam
Remember, while the third exam emphasizes the final third of the course, concepts and relationships from throughout the course can be expected.

I. Multiple Choice
1. Let's say the largest city in a country has 3 million people.  According to the rank-size rule, the third largest city in that country should have approximately
     a. 3 million people.
     b. 2 million people.
     c. 1 million people.
     d. 1/2 million people.
     e. 300,000 people.

 

2. The father of the Green Revolution is generally considered to be
      a. A
martya Sen.
      b.
Thomas Malthus.
      c. 
Norman Borlaug.
      d. 
Von Thünen.
      e. 
Mahatma Gandhi.

3. Secessionists would include those that wanted to
     a.
make the culturally Serbian part of Bosnia a part of Yugoslavia.
     b.
turn the province of Quebec into a sovereign state.
     c.
turn Czechoslovakia into Slovakia and the Czech republic.
     d.
regionally integrate the countries of Europe.
     e.
distribute power to regional and local governments.

4. The best example of a nation-state is
     a.
the United States                       c.  Japan           e.  all of the above
     b.
Russia                                      d.  India

5. Subsistence agriculture is characterized by agriculturalists who
     a.
consume what they produce.
     b.
make a living by farming.
     c.
practice transhumance.
     d.
reject the world system.
     e.
live on their farms.

6. Which two countries are not members of the European Union?
     
a. Finland and Sweden
     
b. Germany and Denmark
     
c. Norway and Switzerland
     
d. Portugal and Austria
     
e. Spain and France

7. From the following, the contribution of fishing to a state’s GDP is directly related to the size and condition of the country's
     
a. EEZ.
     
b. LER.
     
c. IPAT.
     
d. CBD.
     
e. SAP.

8. Which of the following is most likely found in the average North American city?
     a. zone of transition
     b. medinas
     c. plazas
     d. favelas and shantytowns
     e. city walls

 

II. Minimal Choice
8. The better example of an exclave is
     
a. Alaska.               b. Puerto Rico.

9. Polyculture is more likely to be found on a
     
a. swidden                     b. plantation

10. The _______ agricultural revolution is directly associated with the Industrial Revolution.
     
a. second                       b. third

11. Edge cities are found at the margins of
     
a. metropolitan areas.     b. states.

12. The United States is a member of (the)
     
a. NATO.                       b. EU.

III. True or False
13. Average farm sizes tend to increase as agriculture becomes more extensive.
14. Central place theory helps explain the distribution of agricultural activity around a city.
15. Primate cities are found in countries with large primary sectors of the economy.
16. With such a high population density, Bangladesh has one of the world’s biggest ecological footprints.
17. Switzerland is one of the very newest members of the United Nations.
18. Coffee and tea plantations are primarily found in the periphery.
19. Ethnic Russians were the dominant group at the core of the former Yugoslavia.
20. Urbanization has been so widespread that now over 50% of the area of the world is urban.

IV. Matching
     As on Exams #1 and #2